yum update induces instability

[Stefan Jeglinski]

How do I downgrade after using yum to upgrade? Do I just rpm -e 
--nodeps and go back to the rpms on the CD?

I performed several yum updates today. Frankly, I didn't write them 
all down, I guess I should have, but I figured the process was safe. 
In particular, I recall an entire set of XFree updates.

After running YDL 3.0 for 3 weeks now with nary a single problem, the 
yum updates have left me with an almost unusable box: *three* hard 
lockups (can't even ssh in) in the roughly 75 min since I did the 
updates. Too much of a coincidence, I'm afraid. And wholly 
unacceptable I might add. If I wanted OS9 or Win98, I would have 
installed them.

I'm familiar with the Microsoft solution (reinstall and lose 
everything). Does YDL offer anything better? I don't think it's 
really due to yum per se as much as perhaps an incompletely-tested 
set of updates.



Stefan Jeglinski